Leone's The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 2-disc SE, May 18, 2004 (MERGED THREAD) (1 Viewer)

[oscar_merkx]

John

You want to check out this site

http://www.fistful-of-leone.com/

 

[LarryDavenport]

John - Oscar has the link to the Leone board I refer to.

 

[oscar_merkx]

I found this for pre order

http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_ite...382182&redir=1

 

[John Hodson]

Thanks oscar!

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So many films, so little time...

 

[oscar_merkx]

I found more info on this release, thanks to John Hodson

http://www.dvdsavant.com/s745GBU.html

This is the original article and DVDSavant have added the following

NOTE, 1.27.04: The MGM DVD Special edition will be released on May 18, 2004 ... In addition to the remixed English 5.1 audio track, it will have the original Sergio Leone supervised and approved original Italian audio track.

very good news indeed

 

[oscar_merkx]

here is more news regarding the special features

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=6547

Extended 3-Hour Version
2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
Digitally Remastered With English 5.1 Audio
Italian Mono
English, French, Spanish, Cantonese and Mandarin subtitles
Audio Commentary by Film Historian Richard Schickel
“Leone’s West” - Retrospective making-of documentary featuring new interviews with cast and crew, including Clint Eastwood, and behind-the-scenes footage
“The Leone Style” - Documentary on Sergio Leone and his impact on the spaghetti western film genre
“The Man Who Lost the Civil War” - Historical documentary on the Civil War
“Reconstructing The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” - Featurette which focuses on the process of reconstruction and talent audio re-recordings for the fully restored version of the film
“Il Maestro: Ennio Morricone and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” - Featurette on Composer Ennio Morricone featuring behind-the-scenes photos
Extended Scene - A never-before-seen extended version of the "Tuco Torture" scene
"The Socorro Sequence: A Reconstruction" - Three-minute animated sequence of a deleted scene
French trailer - Includes film clips that were deleted from the final version of the film
Poster Gallery - Features eight international theatrical posters
Original theatrical trailer - Two-minute trailer as shown in theaters
4 Easter Eggs:
"Uno, Due, Tre"
"Italian Lunch"
"New York Actor"
"Gun In Holster"

 

[Gordon McMurphy]

Review of the region 2 edition: http://www.dvddebate.com/article.php?sid=4035

I can't wait to get this!

 

[John Hodson]

R1 for me, I want the Italian track, the packaging appears superior and I'm not sure the R2 will have the booklet.

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So many films, so little time...

 

[oscar_merkx]

I am going for R1 as well. All my Leone dvds are region 1

 

[Justin Bauer]

May cannot come soon enough...this will be a nice college graduation present for myself.

 

[BrianBo]

This is the first DVD release I have been excited about in over 6 months (seriously).

 

[oscar_merkx]

any body want to play a good game

http://www.makaimedia.com/games/gbu/?version=1

have fun

 

[John Hodson]

I'm rubbish at games High score - 6! Can't wait for this though..come on MGM, get on with SEs of A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and A Fistful of Dynamite.

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So many films, so little time...

 

[Ray H]

Cool game. Currently, I'm #7 under "Blondie"

 

[Shane_Anthony]

Maybe it's me but I wish they'd have gotten someone else to do the commentary as I find Schsiskel a real bore!

His commentary for Unforgiven was so dull I couldn't even make it through the end

Great film though!!

 

[oscar_merkx]

I think they should have stuck with the same one from Once Upon A Time in the West

 

[Steve Christou]

From bits of the commentary I've listened to Richard Schickel seems to know his subject although he did make a mistake at the very start of the film, referring to Lee Van Cleef's character as 'the ugly', and this just a few minutes after Eli Wallach smashes thru a window with the words 'the ugly' popping up too.

The transfer is great, not as perfect as OUATITW, but probably the best this film has been since it's 1966 release. The 5.1 stereo sound is good, explosions and gunfire are heard everywhere. The extra scenes don't detract, dubbing is okay not perfect.

 

[Lyle_JP]

Is there anyone besides me who would have liked this release to be seamlessly branched? I've seen the extra scenes, and there's nothing wrong with them (and I think one of them should probably have been left in for clarity's sake), but honestly I find the 2hr 40 min cut to be nearly perfect. Would it have really been so hard to include some branching code to make the disc do this?

-Lyle J.P.

 

[JonZ]

"Is there anyone besides me who would have liked this release to be seamlessly branched?"

YES!

I dont like the idea of having 18 minutes added and then dubbed 30 years later.

I would have the original cut with the extra footage via seamless branching.

I also dont like what I read abotu them using new gunfire effects:frowning:

 

[Devin_C]

Not necessarily the best spot for this, but I have preordered so I'll ask anyways and pretend it is. :p)

Does anyone know if they'll reissue the soundtrack as well? I've been trying to track it down, but the 1989(?) CD release seems to be hard to come across (at least in my neck of the woods).